Behind The Scenes of Scary Carrie

After moving to Paris with Big, life went only downhill for Carry. He's become too involved in his mysterious business and Carrie had too much time on her hand. The less attention she got from Big, the more she realized that life with a guy with such an ordinary name requires a lot of shoes and perfume to make up for the empty void that grew inside her. Surely and quickly, shopaholism has lost control. After maxing out her credit card on a pair of Delacroix stilettos, she spotted that temptingly glistening factice, she finally realized the true reason behind the stiletto's design and set off for action...

Yet, somehow, Carrie feels that she (or perhaps it is her imaginary friend, whom she often refers to as "Sarah Jessica Parker") are completely innocent, even after she was clearly documented and caught red-handed in the process of stealing her friend's perfume from a shop at the Place Vandome.

If you too feel that Carrie (she now claims to be an innocent American in Paris and goes by the above name of the imaginary friend who's name is all over the perfume bottle she attempted to steal) - than you are encouraged to help her out of jail via this website.

Perhaps a little of "behind the scenes" will help you solve the crime?

Instead of Perfume Review: Covet

Since I have near nothing to say about Covet, the new scent by Sarah Jessica Parker (highly connected to the persona of her Carrie Bradshaw character of Sex and the City), I decided to go on a search for the many different uses of the solid perfume compact. Besides the obvious inspiration (or the confusing usage suggestions) of a make up compact (it also has glittery mica dust in it to further confuse you!) - there seemed to be at least 8 uses that I could think of effortlessly for that particular design. Let's see how Carrie is using it in her daily life...

Covet Faucet

Covet Faucet, originally uploaded by Ayala Moriel.

Apparently, Carrie Bradshaw is not so much into writing her column anymore - she is now selling gold-initialed faucets in downtown Manhattan.

Covet Candle

Covet Candle, originally uploaded by Ayala Moriel.

Create an atmosphere for romance at its best with this portable Covet candle...

Covet Cellphone

Covet Cellphone, originally uploaded by Ayala Moriel.

Voted the styliest phone of 2007. No wonder we didn't notice Carrie's cellphone through all those seasons!

Covet Ashtray

Covet Ashtray, originally uploaded by Ayala Moriel.

What a gal needs to feel better is knowing that she is leaving cigarette butts in a stylish ashtray AND that she can take them with her to anywhere she wants afterwards. Perfect for those who need to hide their habit from intimidating fiancé-candidates

Covet Buckle

Covet Buckle, originally uploaded by Ayala Moriel.

A similar design was spotted on a young labourer with his buckled jeans.

Covet Ring

Covet Ring, originally uploaded by Ayala Moriel.

Who needs an engagement ring when you've got such a jewel hangin' on your fingers? This is clearly more precious than diamonds. Look at that glow!

Covet Manolos

Covet Manolos, originally uploaded by Ayala Moriel.

And you wouldn't believe my story if I didn't show you this last artifact - Carrie's Manolo flip flops with the very same floral motif. It must have meant something really important to her. It even matches the blotches of beach dirt from The Hamptons on this golden number. Wow!

Covet Makeup

Covet Powder, originally uploaded by Ayala Moriel.

Now, what about the scent? How does Covet smells like? The EDP and the solid perfume are quite different. I've go the solid perfume because they didn't have the samples. Yet. Don't make that mistake, or you'll end up with a series of photos like the ones you've just observed. Instead, try the EDP testers.

The EDP smells green and classy at first (I told you green is back!), than floral (with lily being the most dominant) and afterwards drying down to a non-nondescript sweet musk. There is nothing of the boldness or originality of Lovely here. The solid, on the other hand, skips the fooling stage of a classy green at first, and jumps straight into the sweetness. It starts as a fresh and slightly tart green apple and hints of lemon, and than it's all about fake cocoa and musk. It's not unpleasant, but it's really not exciting and I can't see it becoming what Lovely has become - a staple in many ladies' fragrance wardrobe. As if to make it all worse, the lasting power of the solid perfume is very poor. Perfume usually lasts long on me, but this one doesn't. And it has a strange texture of glitter and dust - nothing like the rich and creamy all-natural cream parfums that I've been spoiled with...